From Mandalay to the sea a curious travelogue mix
The piece contrasts poetry and science with notes on Mandalay and Kipling, discussing geography errors, flying fishes, and the misalignment of verse with real maps. It critiques sources on Burma and geography while musing on knowledge and ideals.
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Kipling
Mandalay
Vallegemeine Zeitung
Fritz
Geological Survey
India
Burma
Moumein
China
Bengal
Irawaddy
Times 4 plan to receive letters from readers
The paper invites letters to the editor with readers signing full names though up to 70 anonymous communications will be printed. Names can be withheld on request.
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Times 4
Ite
Kingsport Voters Urged to Register for June City Election
Kingsport voters must register at City Hall for the June 6 municipal election to choose two aldermen. Registration runs from Monday May 4 to Thursday May 7, with offices open 9 AM to 9 PM, and applies to new or returning voters regardless of prior municipal registration.
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Kingsport
Déiration
W. E. Brown
Guy D- Pills
Orde
Uie
Automobile Death Toll and Road Safety Trends in 1924
National figures show 19 000 deaths and 450 600 injuries from automobile use in 1924 in the United States with a daily average of 52 deaths and 5 050 injuries. The article notes declines in deaths per 10 000 registered autos and fewer grade-crossing fatalities, urging stricter licensing and enforcement to reduce careless and fast driving and protect pedestrians.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Security
United States
Larthian
Lex Way
Seacoast in Shakespeare’s Drama Faces Debate
The Knowille Sentinel contends that geographic details such as seacoast features and compass points do not alter Shakespeare's depiction of Bohemia. The commentary argues dramatic unity rests on thematic rather than geographic accuracy.
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Shakespeare
Bohemia
Knowille
Ford plans airplanes and steel helmets fortune
A jumble of clipped lines reports Ford intends to produce aircraft and steel helmets. Agitation grows for birth control law with retroactive hope. Other notes mock journalism and literature while odd quotes and a Peru temple unfinished hint at early modernization themes.
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Henry
Ford
Columbia
Oliver Herford
Fragmentary scraps from 1920s press on marriage and work
A garbled collage cites Detroit News on wealth and poverty linked to family members working, notes the fifth anniversary of Douglas Fairbanks and wife, and touches on American attitudes and critics. It mentions household roles and an alleged expert claim about family size and breadwinners.
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Arkansas
Jaretts
Mrs
Douglas Fairbanks
Merie
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